Shell Programming and Scripting

cout<<"plz enter the word"<<endl;
cin>>word;
int consonants, vowels;
for(int i=0;i<word.size();i++)
{

if(word[i] is a consonant)
consonants ++;
else
vowels++;

}

printf '%s\n' "$word" | fold -bw1 | grep -c '[aeiou]'

for ((N=0; N<${#VAR}; N++))
do
        echo "${VAR:$N:1}"
done

#!/bin/bash

echo "Please enter your word: "
read WORD

consonants=0
vowels=0

while read word
do
	alphas=$(printf "%s\n" "$word"|tr -d -C "[:alpha:]")
	vowels=$(printf "%s\n" "$alphas"|tr -d -C "AEIOUaeiou")
	vc=${#vowels}
	cc=$(( ${#alphas} - vc ))
	if [ $cc -eq 1 ]
	then cplural=""
	else cplural="s"
	fi
	if [ $vc -eq 1 ]
	then vplural=""
	else vplural="s"
	fi
	printf "\"%s\" contains %d vowel%s and %d consonant%s\n" \
		"$word" $vc "$vplural" $cc "$cplural"
	printf "Enter another word (ctl-D to quit):"
done